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Around 3 A.M. Columbia Police Department Patrol Officer James Roland, left, and road supervisor, Cpl. Glenn Gates, check out an abandoned house on Marsteller Street for any illegal activity. The State

Columbia Police Department Patrol Officer James Roland, left, and road supervisor Cpl. Glenn Gates, check out an abandoned house on Marsteller Street for any illegal activity. The State

Columbia's neighborhoods surrounding North Main Street are in different stages of decay or gentrification. Overgrown, boarded up houses and run down apartments may now find themselves near new developments or renovated housing stock. This is an abandonded house near the Gable Oaks Apartments, seen in the window reflection. The State

Glenn Jones of Columbia heads a seven-member executive committee that so far has been unsuccessful in trying to win approval for a new charter school on North Main Street in the old South University building just two blocks south of Hyatt Park Elementary School in Richland 1. The State

An Arden Elementary School student dashes across Colonial Drive to join other students on the way to school. The State

ESL teacher, Blanca Diaz, right, performs on the WAES morning show at Arden Elementary School. Left to right, students involved in the production are April Myers, camera and anchors, Justice Worley and Erika Outen. The State

Arden Elementary teacher, Jason Lee, instructs his 3rd graders in their grammar skills. The State

Brittney Lewis participates in a class in the Parent Center at Arden Elementary. The State

Tanya Cooper helps students on their way to Arden Elementary cross the road. Cooper has been a crossing guard there for 15 years. The State